Early morning bar fight in Auburn leads to stabbing

Auburn, NY -- Two people were injured today in an early morning bar fight in Big Kahuna's in Auburn, Auburn police said.

Officers were called at 2:15 a.m. to the bar, 17 Columbus St., for a reported fight involving five to six people. When police arrived, they found two Auburn residents needing medical assistance, a 40-year-old man suffering a stab wound to his abdomen and a 24-year-old male with severe swelling to his left eye and cheek area, police said.

A police investigation put together the following:

The two injured men engaged in an argument outside the bar when the argument turned violent. The 40-year-old man punched and knocked temporarily unconscious the younger man. When the 24-year-old came to, he saw his girlfriend was fighting with the 40-year-old man.

Police said the younger man then stabbed the older man once. After the stabbing, patrons inside the bar came out and began to assault the 24-year-old, police said.

Both men were taken to Syracuse hospitals after the incident and police were unable to interview both men, so police are not releasing their names, officers said.

The conditions of both men are not known, officers said, but the wounds are considered not to be life threatening.

The investigation is continuing and police are asking anyone with any information on the case to call Detective Kyle Platt at 255-4702 or Auburn police at 253-3231.